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Viewpoint: Why I oppose Measure 15-234

Dean Silver: I organized the petition drive against Resolution 2024-05 in March. I was shocked that the City Council would authorize up to $75 million of debt at 4.77% for 35 years without referring the question to the people who would be paying — the voters. With the terms presented, that debt could result in over $150 million of total cost with interest.

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Viewpoint: What Ashland voters want City Council candidates to talk about

Lorrie Kaplan: What do you want Ashland City Council candidates to be talking about as they compete for votes? That’s the question included in a “Citizens Agenda” poll available through every edition of the Ashland.news e-newsletter beginning in August. The poll closed Sept. 20. Ashland.news received 219 responses, many showing great care and thoughtfulness.

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Viewpoint: Don’t fence us out, Ashland schools, you need us

Sean F. McEnroe: In 2020 during the COVID shutdown, construction fences and flood lighting started going up around Ashland’s neighborhood schools. They never came down. What appeared to be temporary barriers became permanent ones, locking off spaces which had served as de facto public parks for generations.

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Are you gun and gun law savvy? Find out March 4

“Be Gun Smart… Whether or Not You Own a Firearm” is a free public program set for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, in the Gresham Room at the Ashland Public Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. The speakers will be Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara and Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler. 

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Ashland offer free Narcan training Wednesday, Feb. 12

The Ashland Community Emergency Response Team will offer training on how to offer basic medical aid, including administering naloxone in case of opioid overdoses, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 12. The training is free and open to the public starting at 6 p.m. at Ashland Fire Station No. 1 at 455 Siskiyou Blvd.

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Obituary: Sandra Risser

Obituary: Sandra Risser, who began life in quiet eastern Nebraska before building a family and a professional career in Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area, died Jan. 4 in Ashland. She was 87.

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